NASA to launch climate change-tracking Landsat 9 satellite
Washington DC (UPI) Sep 27, 2021
NASA plans to launch one of its most high-tech Earth observation satellites to date Monday from California to help track climate events that range from California wildfires to deforestation of the Amazon. A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket is scheduled to carry the 5,900-pound spacecraft into orbit from Vandenberg Space Force Base at 2:11 p.m. EDT. Landsat 9 is the ninth in
